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Friday, January 11, 2013

pezzy complete!

Welcome to finish it up Friday. First off, I want to say thanks to all of you who visit here regularly and leave me such sweet comments and encouragement. I appreciate it very much!

I'm happy to share my completed pezzy quilt with you today!

I used a layer cake and 4 yards of white kona cotton for the top-3 yards kona for the blocks and one yard for the outside borders. If you are interested, there is a tutorial for a churn dash block here*.

The idea/design for this quilt came from my good friend Tara. She was gracious to let me copy her, right down to the few reversed blocks. (Thanks Tara!) I love the crisp white fabric with the pezzy print. The colors in this line are so good!

I used a fabulous grey stripe from Connecting Threads for the binding. Sadly, this print is now discontinued. I will be hoarding some of this fabric, to be sure, because it is THE perfect grey.

I used a single fabric for the back. Strange choice for me, but sometimes simple=good. :) The color isn't quite right in the photo...the fabric is really a little bit more limey. It's a lovely almost solid from Michael Miller.

To quilt it I stitched in the ditch. Minimal quilting is a nice change...it keeps the quilt nice and soft and smooshy. And...it's QUICK! I quilted this in one afternoon!

I'm quite pleased with this finish! I've even got a label on it and it's ready for gifting. Finishing feels soooooooooo good!!!!

*the only thing I did differently from the churn dash tutorial was
cut the corner blocks at 5" rather than 4 7/8". I trimmed the pieced
triangle units to 4.5". Cutting squares 5" is so much easier than cutting
squares 4 7/8", and trimming helps accuracy immensely.

Now it's your turn! Please link up your finishes and go visit a few (or more) other finishers and cheer them on. Thanks for joining me each week for finish it up Friday!

Wow! That looks just great! I'm thinking of doing less quilting on future quilts. I love lots of free motion cause it looks great & it's fun to do, but I don't like the way it makes the quilt feel so stiff & heavy.

I've nothing to post up this week :( but I just had to say how much I love this pezzy churn dash quilt!! It's really lovely, and the few reversed blocks make the whole quilt better in some unquantifiable way :)

It's gorgeous, Amanda! I'm totally going to copy you/Tara with my FMF. Glad I have more than a layer cake, so I can make it bigger and snuggle under it on my own bed. On second thought, maybe I leave it a twin and snuggle under it on the couch. Darn decisions, anyway!

Absolutely beautiful! Love the rainbow pops of pezzy against the crisp white. I hope to crank out some churn dashiness of my own this year - your quilt just makes me want to put all other WIPs aside and start a new churn dash project right now!

May I tell you how much I disliked this fabric when I seen it for the first time....may I also tell you how much I love, love, love this quilt. Once again I am reminded that sometimes it is how a fabric is used that changes it. I have pinned this on my churn dash board. I want to make one someday. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

This quilt is such a great example of how important it is to imagine a block as an entire quilt. I love how the churn dash blocks create that beautiful diamond where they meet. I wasn't all that fussed on prezzy print until now. I love all your quilts - they are helping me to work out what kind of quilter I am!

This is the second churn dash quilt I've seen in the last month and I realize that I MUST make one myself this year! I like that a traditional block sewn with a contemporary fabric works so well together. The simple lines of that classic block are perfect when utilizing a multi patterned fabric line and I especially like the occasional reversed block thrown in for interest.

It turned out amazing! I am totally in love with it! I have a layer cake of Pez at home that I've been wanting to make something with. Just wondering if you/Tara would mind if I used it to make this quilt? I would definitely link back to both of your blogs for credit.